Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.

There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.

A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot — but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.

I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.